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Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

By: Rachel Maddow MS NOW
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As a new authoritarian movement rises in American politics, stoked by one of the country’s most outrageous demagogues, there is an all-out international manhunt for an American traitor. The U.S. Army’s Nazi war crimes trials in Germany have been infiltrated by a spy -- a mole for the other side. A gruesome foreign influence operation unfolds in Washington. A blackmail plot turns deadly in the U.S. Senate. A Hail Mary scheme to stop the counting of the Electoral College votes rattles democracy’s cage. With the line between the violent ultra-right and mainstream American politics fraying beyond recognition, with the FBI always one step behind their quarry, Americans of all stripes step up to confront a seemingly unstoppable, ascendant, anti-democratic force.MS NOW Politics & Government World
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  • Introducing Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

    Introducing Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
    Oct 1 2022

    Sitting members of Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government. Insurrectionists criminally charged with plotting to end American democracy for good. Justice Department prosecutors under crushing political pressure. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra is the all-but-forgotten true story of good, old-fashioned American extremism getting supercharged by proximity to power. When extremist elected officials get caught plotting against America with the violent ultra right, this is the story of the lengths they will go to… to cover their tracks. Follow now and join Rachel Maddow for the first two episodes on October 10th.

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    2 mins
  • Episode 1: Trip 19

    Episode 1: Trip 19
    Oct 10 2022

    It started with a plane crash. The tragic, mysterious crash of a commercial airliner in the summer of 1940 left a scene of devastation in rural Virginia -- and a series of unanswered questions. The cause of the crash was unclear. Among the dozens of people killed was a sitting U.S. senator. His presence on the flight and the strange circumstances surrounding the crash would end up revealing threats to American democracy itself.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 2: The Brooklyn Boys

    Episode 2: The Brooklyn Boys
    Oct 10 2022

    The most prominent media figure in America calls for the creation of a militia, armed Americans willing to use violence to get their way. What they want is to overthrow the U.S. government and to end democracy in this country – by force. Their plot raised alarming indications that the federal government is not up to the task of dealing with that kind of homegrown threat.

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    39 mins
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Great podcast, Rachel's Performance was everything you could hope for. The material was an A+.

Informative, entertaining, and necessary

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Eye opening historical comparison revealing the scary truth of how history is repeating itself in our country. It's a "don't want to listen anymore, but I have to" story. Rachel, as usual, draws the listener in with her eloquent and detailed story skills. The devil is in the details in this history I was never taught.

Riveting

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This should be required listening for students studying history and government. It is frightening how the events happening now are mirroring the events leading up to and following WWII. It's very hard to grasp that there are still people out there that think this way.

I adore Rachel Maddow and believe she is one of Earth's angels sent here to teach us so many lessons. She always does it with humor and the finest details that even unscholarly people like myself can understand. She knows how to tell a story that holds your interest to the very end.

I will recommend this podcast to everyone I know!

Fascinating Eye Opener

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As always, I appreciate the efforts of Rachel Maddow, her staff & colleagues for their enlightenment of our history of times past.

ULTRA

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A must listen to!
The stories this tracks are disregard history that explains so much of how we got where we are today and the the natural progression of right wing politics.

Great show

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